Sanitary food-cover



J. W. RILEY.

SANITARY FOOD COVER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 16, 1920.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

STATES JAMES W. RILEY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

' SANITARY FOOD-COVER.

Application filed Hovemlier 16, 1920. Serial No. 424,481.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES W. RILEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Food- (lovers, of which the following is a specificatlon.

It is the object of this invention to provide a sanitary cover adapted to be placed over a food tray or the like. The cover is made of transparent material so that the food or other merchandise upon the tray will be displayed to customers, while the cover forms a sanitary protector which will prevent dust and the like reaching the food.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description of the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view showingone form of the sanitary cover.

Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5 are similar views showing modified constructions of the cover.

Figs. 6 and 7 are detail sections on the' lines 66 and 77 of Fig. 3.

The sanitary cover is formed of a sheet of transparent material suchas celluloid suitably slit. and then'bent to form a cover comprising side walls and a top. By this arrangement the base of the cover is left open, and the cover may then be readily pllpced in position over a tray of food or the li e.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. .1 the sheet of celluloid is provided with slits 1 at its four corners in order to form a top portion 2 and side walls 3 of the cover. The ends of adjacent side walls formed by the slits 1 are lapped and may be then riveted together as shown at 4. The celluloid forming the'cover is of suflicient stiffness to maintain the cover in a substantially rigid condition and in the shape illustrated in Fig. 1, wherein the side walls depend from the top so that the cover may be readily placed over a tray. 1

A suitable handle 5 preferably also formed of celluloid is arranged upon top 2 as by riveting the ends of a strip to the top as shown at 6. The intermediate portion of the strip forms a handle loop extending outwardly from the top. j j

I In Fig. 2 I have illustrated a somewhat similar construction wherein the handle strip Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 1, 1921.

is attached to the top by cementing the ends of the strip to the sheet of material forming the cover. In this construction the rivets 4 are also dispensed with and the overlapping adjacent ends of the side walls are cemented together.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 3, a more rigid construction is provided by forming a binding around the lower edges of the side walls of the cover, and by also providing such a binding at the corners formed by the side walls. As an instance of this arrangement a metallic strip 7 is transversely bent upon itself so as to form a clip which may he slipped over the lower edges of the side walls of the cover, it being understood that this clip extends around the perimeter of the cover.

Metallic strips 8 are also provided forv forming corner binders for the cover. These strips are reversely bent upon themselves, and are also transversely angularly bent so that clips are formed which may be readily slipped over the edge binder 7 and the overlapping ends of adjacent side walls of the cover.

In the form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 4 .the sheet of material forming the cover is provided with slits 1*" at a greater number of points than simply the four corners of the cover, the sheet of material form: ing the same in this case being preferably a round sheet of material. The side edges for the cover as thus provided are overlapped in a manner similar to that previously described, and these overlapped edges are suitably secured together. By this arrangement a substantially round cover may be provided.

Fig. 5 lllustrates a somewhat similar arrangement wherein the overlapped sides of. 'the cover form distinct corners, but the claimed.

What is claimed is: j

1. A sanitary cover formed of a blank having the adjacent edge portions thereof overlapped to form side walls for the top of said cover, and a reinforcing clip received around the lower edges of said overlapping portions for retaining the same in posltion to form side walls.

2. A sanitary cover formed of a blank 5 having the ad acent edge portions thereof overlapped to form side walls, for the top of said cover, a reinforcing clip received around i the lower edges of sald side walls for retaining the same in position, and corner clips received over the overlapping ends of the side walls and over the lower edge reinforcing clip for securing the walls to one another and to the lower edge clip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

JAMES W. RILEY. 

